EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode originally aired on November 30, 2025. A recent report indicates that Idaho downwinders stricken with cancer can now get federal compensation. Last week, the Idaho ...
It’s been one year since Congress allowed the program offering payments to downwinders to expire. Now, advocates are hoping the Senate will revive the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, as ...
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – Idaho residents are now eligible to apply for compensation if they lived in the state when the government conducted nuclear tests and have since developed a qualifying cancer ...
The federal government’s program that gives payments to people sickened by nuclear weapons testing is one step closer to being reauthorized and expanded. On Tuesday, Senate Republicans passed their ...
After years battling to extend and expand the flawed 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), downwinders have finally claimed a victory with all of Utah, New Mexico, Idaho and Mohave County, ...
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